Americans can’t let the health-care debate happen only around conference tables in Washington. We need to have discussions with our families around our kitchen tables. We are part of the problem and should be part of the solution. Helping pay the costs of healing sick people may be an important role for government, but doing what we can to avoid getting sick must be a commitment each of us makes to ourselves, our families and our communities.

This is not about who pays for what. It’s not even really about disease. It’s about the decisions each of us make every day. We can collectively benefit our nation by making smarter choices that don’t burden others with the costs of our sick care.

via Steve Case – Health-care reform requires healthy living choices – washingtonpost.com.